> i have planned to submit the irqbalance patch for 2.4-ac real soon, which> needs this function - current IRQ distribution on P4 SMP boxes is a> showstopper.

Can we add a config time option for irqbalance? I consider it extra overhead for setups which can do the interrupt distribution via hardware properly, also irqbalance breaks NUMAQ horribly seeing as it assumes a number of things like addressing modes.